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Magoula Kavkala

PKC984
TITLEMagoula Kavkala
WGS84 38.512914° N, 23.165319° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.512914, 23.165319
LON/LAT 23.165319, 38.512914

DMS 38° 30' 46.4904" N,23° 9' 55.1484" E

W3Wlodged, funding, treasures
UTM34 S, 688788, 4264948
EGSA87 427081, 4262769

Elevation m87
Elevation feet 285.4
RegionBoeotia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Farinetti [2011 AI6], 7    '... with a probable settlement/habitation character.'
2.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 281    '... another of the Magoulas or prehistoric settlement mounds.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 239    'A prehistoric settlement site was discovered here by D. H. French.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI6]: 7, '... a Neolithic and EH activity focus, ...'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 281, 'Pottery Neo, EHI-II'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 239, 'N EH I-II'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 281, 'Pottery Neo, EHI-II'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 239, 'N EH I-II'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Farinetti [2011 AI6]:  Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.6; The Copais area: Copai and the North-East bay. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '12. Magoula Kavkala', pg. 7. Specifically component NC_31

2.  Fossey [1988]:  Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '2. Magoula Kavkala', pg. 281.

3.  Simpson and Dickinson [1979]:  Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'G 8 Kastro: Magoula', pg. 239. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C984 is at 38.56066° N, 23.28441° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 652 m.